Child labor is a serious challenge throughout central and east asia, especially in agricultural communities where cash crops are grown. using complete sentences, identify the two largest cash crops grown in central asia. why do you think that most of the world is against the practice of child labor? do you think that child labor could hurt a country’s future development?

When it comes to cash crops that producers grow to sell, two most profitable ones in this area are cotton and rice., followed by wheat. Since agricultural comunities are very poor and the families are large, children get employed to work on the field since young age. Some of them work with their families at their own land and that is not considered to be a violation of law. However, if children are given to work as labour force on large plantations and are urged to work longer hours for a very small wage or a meal, that can be considered a violation of human rights. In the long run, children who do the heavy work form a young age are not able to attend school or get their higher education. They are more prone to illnesses and malnutrition.